Detachable seat for automobiles, &amp;c.



J. R. GRAVES 7&1. BENSON. DETAGHABLE SEAT FOR AUTOMOBILES, 5m.

' Patented dct.19,1909.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 18, 1907 v I v z l v :v

To all whom it may concern:

I UNITED STATE .PATEN T ()FFICE.

,JAMEs' R. canvas Am) JUDSON BENSON, or AMESBURY; MASSACHUSETTS.

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. Be it known that we, JAMES R. GRAVES and J unson BENSON, citizens of the United States, residing at Amesbury, in the county of Essex, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Detachable Seats for Automobiles and other Vehicles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings' Y I In. some cases,.automobiles and other vee hicles are furnished with small additional seats intended to be utilized by extra passengers.-

- The invention has relation to seats of this class, and to the means of mounting and supporting the same.-

The invention consists in an improved hinge-mounting for the seat, and in improved means-for detachably mounting the seat in an automobile or other vehicle.

,The invention is illustrated in the accom panymg drawings, in which latter,-

Figure 1 shows in perspective a seat havin certain features of our invention em- 'bo ied in connection therewith. In this figure the seat proper is shown in position for use. Fig. 2 shows certain-of the parts of Fig. 1, with the seat in an upturned position, and illustrates more particularly the manner of hinging the seat. Fig. 3 shows on an enlarged scale the supporting socket and the arm which is deta'chably applied thereto, with the seat removed. Fig. 4 shows the parts of Fig. 3 in front elevation. Fig. 5 is a top view of the supporting socket.

.Hnving reference to the drawings,at A

is shown the seat'proper, and at B is shown the back, WlllCll is constructed with an lron frame, the opposite side-portions Z), Z), of

which extend down below the upholstered part of the back and are united with horizontally extending side-arms 6, Z), which latter. at their front ends arejoined together by a crossbar b Ileretofore in the like constructions the seat has been hinged upon the top of the cross-bar b by means of lugs carried by the seat and projecting from the under sidethereof, lugs rising from the top of the cross-bar, and connecting pivotal pins applied to the two sets of lugs. WVith this construction, when the seat is turned back into the position it occupies in Fig. 2, the

upwardly extending lugs rising from the cross-bar, and also those which are provided upon the under side of the seat, project Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Oct. 19, 1909. Application filed May 18,

1907. sem No. 374,432.

render the appearance of the seat. more or less unsightly and therefore unsatisfactory, but garments and the like are in danger of catching thereon, and accidental contact with the same is liable to result in bodily injury to passengers. In conformity with the firstportion of the present invention, we provide the seat'A at its under .side with lugs a, a, arranged to extend'down alongside the respective side arms I), b, and the pivotal pin'sa are passed through the said lugs and the said side-arms, thereby joining with lugs or otherprojections rising from the cross-bar, and the lugs a, 0, applied to completely hidden and shielded by the sideturned position in Fig.

At 0 is a supportingarin for the seat A. This arm is provided at its outer or free end Wit-han upwardly extending tapered pin 0, and with a shoulder a at the base of such pin. Cross-bar of the seat-structure is formed with a. hole or socket at b to fit the together as in Fig. 1 the under side of the cross-bar rests on the shoulder 0 and the seat thereby is mounted on the'arm.

At D is a stand which in use is attached to a suitable portion, as E, of the body of the is used. The supporting-arm C and the connected. together by means of a socket with which one of such parts is formed, and a corresponding portion of the other of such parts "adapted to enter the said I socket. Herein, the socket is,pwovided upon the stand D and formed by means of side-flanges cl, (1, which incline inwardly, the saidfianges also converging toward each other at their lower ends to receive the engaging portion 6 of the supporting- 1.1111, the said engaging portion being, formed with oppositely projecting side-flanges to fit in behind the. said flanges 0?, (Z. The saidengaging portion is tapered to correspond with the convergence of the flanges (Z, d. When it is pushed down besustained in place.

The pin 0 of the supporting-arm is formed the lugs to the side-arms. Thus we dispense the under side of the seat are more or less arms Whenthe seat-proper occupies its upsaid pin, and when the parts have been fitted tween the said flanges the supporting-arm is at its top end with a cylindrical screw-v threaded. extension which projects above the top'of the cross-bar b and receives a nut F,

somewhat prominentl'ypand they not only automobile or other vehicle in which the seat stand I) are constructed to be detachably vehicle, and a seat detachably appliedto the passengers in the vehicle,

whereby the supporting-arm and cross-bar are secured together, but with capacity for relative turning or swiveling movement.

It has been proposed in'some cases heretofore to employ a supporting-arm for application to thebody of the automobile or other.

.free extremity of the said supporting-arm.

When not re uired to be used, the seat has been removed y lifting it from the supporting-arm. The supporting-arm, however, has remained in place, projecting into the way of with liability to constitute more or less of an obstruction, and

to catch on garments, or occasion bodily in- I jury to the passengers. By making the supportmg-arm-"detachable with the seat we overcome these drawbacks.

The particular form of the socket and engaging portion-is not of the gist of the invention, broadly considered, and in some embodiments of the invention may be varied.

While we have mentioned automobiles and other vehicles herein, it is to be understood that the invention is not necessarily resaid side-arms, lugs or other projections rising from the cross-bar is obviated and the said lugs of the thereof and arranged to extend down alongside the respective side-arms, and the pivotal pins passing through the said lugs and the whereby the employment of seat are hidden and shielded by the-sidearms.

2. In combination, the stand adaptedfor attachment to the body of an automobileor other vehicle, the supporting-arm C having the pin 0, the said stand and sup orting-arm V having respectively a socket an an engaging portion which detacliably fit together, the back having the skeleton frame comprising the opposite side-portions b, b, extending down below the u andprovided wit the horizontally extending side-arms b, b, betweenwhich the rear portion of the seat descends when the seat is turned up, the cross-bar b joining together the front ends of said side-arms, the seat provided beneath with lugsa, (1, located at its opposite sides and arranged to extend down alongside the respective side-arms, and the pivotal pins passing through the said lugs and the saidside-arms,

holstered part of the back whereby the emv ployment of lugs or other projections rising from the cross-bar is obviated and the said lugs of the seat are hidden and shielded by the side-arms.

In testimony whereof tures, in presence of two witnesses.

' JAMES R. GRAVES.

J UD SON" BENSON. Witnesses:

NELLiE M. ATTRIDGE, CHARLES H. STANLEY.

we afiix our signa-' 

